Recently I declared that a mounting crisis in Jewish-Catholic relations was the most under-covered Vatican story of 2024. Early indications are that a similar claim won’t be likely in 2025, since manifestations of the crisis will be simply too ubiquitous and obvious.
Over the last ten days, we’ve had a robust total of six separate illustrations of the point.
On Christmas eve – I repeat, on Christmas eve, when Catholic clergy generally already have their hands full – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar summoned the ambassador of the Holy See, Filipino Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, to discuss recent comments by Pope Francis on Gaza.
